Ketchikan
Ketchikan Gateway Borough SEAPA Grid
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Geography

Location and regional associations
Community Ketchikan
Borough Ketchikan Gateway Borough
Regional Corporation Sealaska Alaska Native Regional Corporation
Electric Grid Seapa Grid
Latitude, Longitude 55.34243333, -131.64802329
School District(s)
  • Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District (Borough)

Transportation

Transit infrastructure and community mobility
Transportation Methods
Airport
Harbor Dock
State Ferry
Cargo Barge
Road Connection
Coastal

Regularly-scheduled jet services offer air service transportation from the state-owned Ketchikan International Airport, which has a paved, lighted, asphalt runway. The airport lies on Gravina Island, a 10-minute ferry ride from Ketchikan's waterfront. Ketchikan is a regional transportation hub, with numerous air taxi services located along the waterfront to that service the surrounding communities. There are four major float plane landing facilities: Tongass Narrows, Peninsula Point, Ketchikan Harbor, and Murphy's. Ketchikan is the first port of call in Alaska for cruise ships and Alaska Marine Highway vessels. Harbor and docking facilities include a breakwater, a deep draft dock, port located downtown, five small boat harbors, a privately-owned dry dock and ship repair yard, boat launches, and a state ferry terminal. The shipyard is privately owned. The Inter-Island Ferry Authority operates a once-daily, year-round ferry service between Ketchikan and Hollis Prince of Wales Island.

Last Updated: 2023-08-24

Legislative Districts

State representation and map boundaries
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House Districts
District Name As of Date
1 Ketchikan/Wrangell/Metlakatla 2022-05-24
Senate Districts
Senate District As of Date
A 2022-05-24